{"id":545971,"date":"2021-05-30T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=545971"},"modified":"2021-05-30T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T16:50:18","slug":"gen-keith-alexander-says-russian-cyber-attacks-escalating-more-blatant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gen-keith-alexander-says-russian-cyber-attacks-escalating-more-blatant\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen. Keith Alexander Says Russian Cyber Attacks Escalating, &#039;More Blatant&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgen-keith-alexander-says-russian-cyber-attacks-escalating-more-blatant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=545971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GetFile-597.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The former director of the National Security Agency said Sunday cyber hacks by Russia over the last two years have been \u201cmore blatant\u201d than he&#8217;s ever seen, asserting the attacks are targeting information about the U.S. government and major corporations.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on ABC News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1399000529087479808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThis Week,\u201d<\/a> Gen, Keith Alexander, former director of the National&nbsp;Security Agency, and the first&nbsp;commander to lead U.S. Cyber&nbsp;Command, said Russian hackers \u201care clearly after gaining intelligence on our country, on what the administration is doing\u2026 as they prepare, I think, for the upcoming stakes between President [Joe] Biden and [Russia\u2019s President Vladimir] Putin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re stealing information\u2026 &nbsp;This is more blatant than I&#8217;ve&nbsp;seen in my career,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cThey&#8217;re going after this in the&nbsp;[2020] SolarWinds [cyber attack on Microsoft] \u2026 and the Colonial&nbsp;Pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe they&#8217;re associated&nbsp;somehow,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is \u201csending a message and&nbsp;they&#8217;re doing it blatantly, and&nbsp;they&#8217;re going after our&nbsp;intelligence system and they&#8217;re&nbsp;saying, \u2018we can do this.\u2019&nbsp;We&#8217;ve got to fix it,\u201d Alexander said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Alexander, the fix will have to be a public\/private effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to create a radar&nbsp;picture that shows attacks in&nbsp;time to prevent them,\u201d he said. \u201cNot talk about them after the&nbsp;breach, but prevent the attacks&nbsp;so we need to work this together&nbsp;as a team.&nbsp;This is part of our future, and&nbsp;we&#8217;ve got the get good at it,&nbsp;and we&#8217;ve got to do it quickly.&nbsp;Both Russia and China are&nbsp;challenging us in this space,&nbsp;and it&#8217;s shown that we&#8217;re not&nbsp;ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, former President Donald Trump\u2019s Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert called the cyber attacks a \u201cwake-up call\u201d that illustrate a \u201cwhack-a-mole issue\u201d that needs to focus on protection for the \u201cend points\u201d being attacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey&#8217;re a wakeup call about the&nbsp;new normal we live in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s only going to activate over&nbsp;time.&nbsp;That&#8217;s a whack-a-mole issue\u2026 We have adversaries who are&nbsp;creative and bold, and they&#8217;re&nbsp;using our laws and regulations&nbsp;against us to launch these&nbsp;attacks,\u201d Bossert said. \u201cSo we need to take a different&nbsp;perspective.&nbsp;We need to have as [Alexander] said, a public private partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you get closer to the&nbsp;source, you end up with North&nbsp;Korea, Russia, China, Iran on&nbsp;the attacks and as you get&nbsp;farther on the end points, you&nbsp;get 3 trillion end points every&nbsp;day,\u201d he added. \u201cIt&#8217;s a difficult challenge\u2026 Whether it&#8217;s an individual&nbsp;government agency or a pipeline&nbsp;operator, there&#8217;s got to be a&nbsp;collective defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bossert warned Russia is doing more than just collecting intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point there&#8217;s evidence&nbsp;that they are carrying out their&nbsp;strategic intent to reduce the&nbsp;U.S in its influence and power,\u201d he said. \u201cThey&#8217;re trying to do things to&nbsp;destabilize us, and destabilizing big companies like&nbsp;Microsoft is just one way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Related Stories:<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former director of the National Security Agency said Sunday cyber hacks by Russia over the last two years have been \u201cmore blatant\u201d than he&#8217;s ever seen, asserting the attacks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313530,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GetFile-597.aspx","fifu_image_alt":"Gen. 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